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WHAT TO DO IF YOU ARE A REDBUD IN SPRINGby Mary Lee Hahn
Burst
first.
Amaze
with the cavalier way
you explode whole constellations of purple stars
from your smooth grey bark.
Add glory
to the understory.
This is my 2nd round poem from the
Madness! 2012 kids' poetry writing tournament, along with the redbud in our backyard that saved me from writing a poem about dandelions. A tip of my poet's hat to
Elaine Magliaro, champion of the List Poem form. You're still a great teacher!
Voting for the First Flight of the Regional Semifinals should be live later today.
Add your Poetry Friday links in the comments. I'll start rounding them up as soon as you start sending them in!
Congratulations to the bride and groom, may you be happy together forever. Here is the small stone I wrote for the couple:
Purple hearts of the redbud tree weep raindrops of happiness onto white roses who hold their petals as if for the bride's bouquet.
As I look out my window today in Portland, Oregon the weather has changed once again back to rain for a couple of days. My Eastern Redbud sits in front of my door, its beautiful purple heart-shaped leaves bright against a background of many shades of green. Under it is a rose bush with stark white roses. Today, the purple leaves are drip drip dripping with rain, and drops are glistening all along the branches as well. Yesterday the sun was shining through the leaves, making them deep red -- another gorgeous sight, today it is rain and I choose to see the drops as tears of happiness for the bride. They do seem happy and have gathered so many people to celebrate with them, asked people to write these small stones for their wedding. To share in their joy. Brilliant! Ask for what we want, share our joy. These are concepts to be taken up and employed in all our lives, people. Better than wedding cake!
Hi. I love this poem!! MIne won't post until midnight PST time. It's about the poetry poscards: http://maclibrary.wordpress.com/2012/03/23/poetry-friday-poetry-postcard-project/
Can't wait to see your new poem!!
Mary Lee, seriously, I do hope you are writing a collection of nature poems. I have to say that when I read what you have done with all your words in madness I always wish I had written them.
Hi, Mary Lee! First, hats off for another terrific poem. "Add glory/to the understory" - I love that! The redbuds are bursting around here, as are the cherry trees - the subject of my post this week with some familiar lines from A. E. Houseman (and a few other thoughts):
http://www.robynhoodblack.com/blog.htm?post=845982
Thank you for hosting!
Hello, my worthy opponent! Your Round Three Semi-Finals poem is currently skunking my poem made of kennings!! Ah, well, the thrill of victory, the agony of defeat. For Poetry Friday at The Drift Record I'm going to post all three of my tournament poems and add links to the current round so people can join in and vote. My own poems won't go up at The Drift Record until tonight after midnight, though I've explained the tournament and linked it in today's (Thursday's) post, too.
Dear Mary Lee,
Not only is your poem stunning, it's introduced this Southern Californian to Redbuds. Thank you!
Over at www.TeachingAuthors.com, I've got a poem by JoAnn Early Macken and two folk songs about saying g'bye. Come by!
p.s: I can't give you a specific URL until it posts late tonight. I'll come back on Friday and put it here.
Thanks for hosting. I LOVE our Poetry Friday community!!!!
<3
April,
I had never seen a redbud until I moved to Ohio. They blew me away when I saw those flowers coming straight out of the bark! They're an absolute favorite now!
I love your collection of kennings! I'm going to have my students try to write some (and I will, too!)!!
Thank you, Mary Lee!
Your redbud poem is a real prize
to the mind's eyes!
Hope to see a new book of buds.
We've posted an eclectic collection of poetry for grownups @ The Bald Ego blog
Hi Mary Lee- what a lovely poem! I agree with Susan, you need to write a collection of nature poems!
I'm in with a poem for my granddaughter's second birthday. http://l
indakulp.blogspot.com/
Have a great weekend!
I've heard so much about redbuds, I'd love to see them one day. Your poem only reinforces my longing!
My posts will go up after midnight.
At Random Noodling I have Donald Hall's "O Cheese."
Kids of the Homefront Army continues with "Selective Service."
Kurious Kitty has Richard Wilbur's "The Writer." And, Kurious K's Kwotes' P.F. quote is by Rita Dove from the introduction to the The Penguin Anthology of 20th Century American Poetry.
At The Write Sisters we have a delightful poem called "Shadow Dance" by Ivy O. Eastwick.
Thanks, Mary Lee. Here's the actual URL for my Poetry Friday contribution this week, if you could add it in:
http://julielarios.blogspot.com/2012/03/poetry-friday-triptych-of-tournament.html
you explode whole constellations of purple stars
from your smooth grey bark.
Sigh. I wish I could write a line as perfect as this. Just beautiful, Mary Lee. My post is doing double duty today, as a Slice of Life as well as a Poetry Friday effort - and I'm also in the Spring blossom spirit with a poem by Billy Collins.
http://tmsteach.blogspot.com/2012/03/poetry-fridayslice-of-life-march.html
Hi Mary Lee, thanks for hosting this week, and congratulations on being a tough contender for the March Poetry tournament. Would I love to know what to do if I was a rosebud in spring.
Here is our contribution this week over at GatheringBooks as we continue to celebrate women's voices (or silence): Bella Akhmadulina's Silence
http://gatheringbooks.wordpress.com/2012/03/23/poetry-friday-women-silence/
Mary Lee, I saw this earlier & loved the exact words that Tara quoted "explode whole constellations..." Beautiful! And that photo-whew! Thinks are so dry here & still blooming everywhere. What an interesting March! Here's my post: http://teacherdance.blogspot.com/2012/03/trying-to-put-all-best-words-in-best.html I'm sharing my second poem in my project about saying goodbye to different stages in children. Thanks for hosting!
Hi Mary Lee,
I'm newish (have joined in on Poetry Friday before but not for a long time). I love the photos to go along with your poem, and the last lines: "Add glory / to the understory" Nice! And so springy.
I'm entering a 'green' poem I wrote called "To Liam when he asks, What's green?" It's here: http://wp.me/pC77F-gy (I think it will open now, but if not, it's set to publish at 5:a.m. Pacific time).
Thanks - Violet (http://vnesdolypoems.wordpress.com)
Hi Mary Lee!
What a fun competition! I love the images your poem brings to mind. The way you describe the redbuds exploding as stars makes me think of fireworks bursting in the sky. Just lovely the way one image links to the next.
Over at Great Kid Books, I'm sharing In the Sea by David Elliott, illustrated by Holly Meade.
http://greatkidbooks.blogspot.com/2012/03/in-sea-by-david-elliott-and-holly-meade.html
Happy Poetry Friday!
Mary Ann
Hi, Mary Lee. Loving your poems at the madness. I'm actually up, sharing one of mine from there, too:
Wake Up Call
Thanks for hosting!
What everybody else said, Mary Lee -- spectacular poem! Thanks for hosting, and for contributing to my post today!
http://tabathayeatts.blogspot.com/2012/03/fictional-favorites-part-one.html
Hey, Mary Lee! I'm back with the exact URL for the TeachingAuthors contribution today, which focuses on the topic of saying goodbye (interesting, isn't it, Linda at teacherdance?!?)
Folk songs, poems and a poetry prompt--write your own g'bye poem!
http://www.teachingauthors.com/2012/03/goodbye-songs-goodbye-joann-hello.html
Good morning from the East Coast! Mary Lee, are you on Spring Break? So much dialogue you have time for! Your redbud poem is beyond excellent, but I think we have to look to Bobbi Katz's work as well as Elaine's for the origins of this "Things to Do If..." form. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.
I'm posting today on the curious and wonderful phenomenon that this March Madness has become, and sharing a poem composed by one of my kinders.
http://myjuicylittleuniverse.blogspot.com/2012/03/oik-naked-hello.html
I have an original cat poem this morning at Growing Wild: http://www.lizsteinglass.com/2012/03/how-to-greet-cat.html
Thanks for hosting!
Love your redbud poem, ML! It's perfection :).
Funny poem up at Alphabet Soup, great if you're strapped for time:
http://jamarattigan.com/2012/03/23/friday-feast-poetry-on-the-run/
Thanks for hosting today and continued good luck with your March Madness!
Hi Mary Lee! More gorgeous work from you and Julie in the tournament - so hard to choose!
Today I'm in with the poem "The Moth and the Flame" and an interview with guest poet Cathy Mealey: http://www.nowaterriver.com/poetry-monday-the-moth-and-the-flame-by-cathy-mealey/
Thanks for hosting!
I have so loved reading all of the amazing poems from March Madness. Hope it's an annual event! Mary Lee, your two spring poems are some of my absolute favorites. I have to confess, though, like several other commenters, that I have never seen a redbud tree, and had to google it online. Was a little relieved to know I was not the only one lacking this knowledge.
I wanted to write a poem about my fourth graders' experience yesterday at the museum, but that didn't quite work, so I published it as my SLICE OF LIFE and went back to an old favorite, "Daffodils" for my contribution to Poetry Friday.
http://carolwscorner.blogspot.com/2012/03/poetry-friday-daffodils.html
Hi Mary Lee,
I loved your Redbud poem at the March Madness Poetry Tournament--such vivid imagery in so few words. I have been so inspired by all of the fun going on at Think Kid Think this week, that I decided to join in on the Friday Poetry Round-Up. This is my first time to participate.
I have posted an original children's poem at my blog, www.wadingthroughwords.wordpress.com.
Thanks for hosting,
Natalie
Here's my first poem I wrote for the March Madness 2012: http://mainelywrite.blogspot.com/2012/03/come-into-my-house.html
Loved your poems!
I have a dream poem and a writing exercise up at
www.poetryforkidsjoy.blogspot.com
Sally here at PaperTigers with a post on World Poetry Day: http://www.papertigers.org/wordpress/poetry-friday-celebrating-world-poetry-day-march-21/
Thank you for hosting! Another spring poem:
http://pentiment.blogspot.com/2012/03/poetry-friday-cold-rain-day-before.html
Yes, thanks for hosting. My post features Tennyson's Ulysses: http://www.semicolonblog.com/?p=17279
Dear Mary Lee,
This poem is exquisite! What a pairing between you and Julie. Man!
I have a poem about divorce today over at The Poem Farm. http://www.poemfarm.amylv.com/
Happy Poetry Friday, and much luck to you in the Madness!! I am working in Chicago right now and was grateful to get a tiny private room in a restaurant to write after work last night! a
a.
Thanks for hosting and thanks for having it up early--even though I could not post until today. LOL Please add my link:
http://books4learning.blogspot.com/2012/03/picture-book-poetry-mirror-mirror-by.html
Yes, it's the end (wah) of spring break.
If I should also tip my hat to Bobbi Katz, I certainly will, but it's Elaine's list poems I know best.
Love the poem, Mary Lee!
I'm in with a short one from Gary Young. It's here.
Thanks for hosting!
Click here. :)
Thanks for hosting today's round-up!
I posted the lyrics of GOLD, as heard in both the movie and the Broadway production of ONCE, at Bildungsroman:
http://slayground.livejournal.com/696208.html
Mary Lee,
Thanks for doing the roundup this week. Love your redbud poem! I have a "BUD" poem too at Wild Rose Reader. It's an acrostic.
http://wildrosereader.blogspot.com/2012/03/bud-original-acrostic.html
Thanks for hosting, Mary Lee. Love both the picture and the poem.
I'm in with a little spring rain.
http://dorireads.blogspot.com/2012/03/poetry-friday-spring-rain.html
Thank you for hosting today!
At readertotz, we have Little Bobby Snooks,
And at On Point, I have my haiku for today, Periscope.
Mary Lee, I love your spring poem - Burst First is wonderful. Good luck with your rounds. That kind of pressure seems daunting to me!
At Musings http://joyceray.blogspot.com I've posted about Paul Janeczko's haunting book of holocaust poems, Requiem, Poems of the Terezin Ghetto. Not very springlike, but so important.
Thank you for hosting today!
Lovin' the poem, thanks for hosting the roundup.
At Teaching Young Writers, I had a little fun with some sidewalk chalk!
http://teachingyoungwriters.blogspot.com/2012/03/childs-play-haiku.html
I've got the video of Billy Collins' TED talk from back in February. Has everyone already seen it but me? It's great - it includes animations of five of his poems. Here it is. Thanks for hosting!
Aren't you on spring break? ;o)
I've been wanting to join the Poetry Roundup since I started blogging. This seemed like the perfect time. (Can I Slice and Roundup?) Here's a poem about my observations as students left today for spring break.
Perception
http://merelydaybyday.blogspot.com/2012/03/sols-23-perception.html
Yes, we're on spring break! But doing the roundup is a form of play for me! Plus, I could never do it justice on a working Friday!
Slicing and Poetry Fridaying are a perfect combo. You're not the first to blend them!
Dear Mary Lee - just wanted to say real quick how much I have LOVED your poems at March Madness! So SO lovely. I want to hear more and more of your poetic voice. I can't wait to see what you write next!